Does anyone know what is with Bit Comet and wireless connection?

[ch3rri3]

I just installed bit comet and then I found out that my wireless connection keeps getting disconnected after a few minutes (and it wont automatically connect again) I have to repair the connection before it connects again but after a few minutes it disconnects again! And it all happens only when bit comet is running. After I close bit comet, the wireless connection is fine. Does anybody ever experience the same problem as me? Does anyone know what should I do?

[orangeman]

It's your router being overwhelmed by Bitcomet's global connections. Try lowering the number of connections. My wireless connection drops, so I prefer wired for downloading large files, such as bittorrent files.

If your router supports it, try the 3rd-party firmware like dd-wrt, open-wrt. They work better and have more features.

OpenWrt supported hardware:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware

DD-wrt supported hardware: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Installation#Supported_Devices

[josh_yth]

It's not always the router problem, sometime it's the problem with the wireless card that can't handle that much of data, and it had happened to me all the time before i got a new Buffalo pre N wireless card. Though, i would prefer to use a wired connection to dl large file, but it's actually faster to use my buffalo card to dl w/ constant speed around 100KB to 200KB.

[panda_shine]

I am having similar problems too!

Before I used a Linksys router but due to some reasons, I had to switch and I currently use a D-Link. When I used a Linksys one, I had no problems downloading. But after I switched to D-Link, I realized I keep getting disconnected while downloading (both wired and wireless connection). However, it only happened when I download a tv series, and when I download like a music album (going as fast as 2XX kb/s), it doesn't disconnect me.

So should I try lowering the number of connections too?

[orangeman]

I don't know if the lowered connections work, as I never tried it. Port-forwarding might help, but I've only tried that on a wired connection. There could be many reasons, including router, computer, tracker, seeds/peers, bt client, ISP,etc. Even a virus/spyware is plausible.

[ch3rri3]

I just stick to wired connection now whenever I'm running bitcomet. I think its better this way since it never disconnects again :)

[chineseguyjl]

i'm almost 100% positive that this is a port on the router problem. bitcomet doesnt only just use one port, it uses alot. first i suggest that u open the listening port that should be on ur preferences. just enter it on either ur port forwarding or port triggering, either is fine but when u but it on port forward, ur ip address might change occassionally. after that i strongly suggest that u enable UPnP, all modern routers should have that feature. its just for the ports to open automatically when bitcomet tell its to. because about every 30kbps that you gain in your downloads, it opens one or more connections meaning it uses more ports and half open TCP connections. since most routers suspect half open TCP connections as a way for trojans to come in, the router limits it. so just open UPnP so that it will see BitComet as a user program that it can trust.

[orangeman]

http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

Here's a guide on port-forwarding. Find your router, then the program. From my experience, I can browse the internet faster when downloading.